Western Horse Watchers Association
Exposing the Hypocrisy, Lies and Incompetence of the Wild Horse Advocates
Film from 2008. Release of some Virginia Range mustangs at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center.
You can hear Lacy J. Dalton every Wednesday on the Mustang Matters radio program.
Organizations mentioned in the video:
These groups would be grateful for your financial support.
Signs that you have a lousy relationship with your horse:
You’ve thrown in with the wrong crowd. Shake the dust from your boots and move on.
Spin-off from ISPMB rescue in 2017. Returning a small group to their homeland in Arizona. Learn more at the Gila Herd Foundation FB page.
Two base colors…red and black. Red is recessive, black is dominant. You should see roughly three black-based horses for every red-based horse.
Common modifiers:
Red-based combinations:
Black-based combinations:
More at Mustangs 4 Us.
Color of a BLM horse can be found in his signalment key.
Eastbound on I-80, approaching Soda Springs, CA. A bit less moisture this year.
02/24/17
02/24/18
New colt spotted in Virginia City, see photo on St. Mary’s FB page.
Man arrested for riding while intoxicated.
Tack suggests he was a skilled rider and had a great relationship with his horse.
What about immigration status?
Of the horse, you idiot. Guera.
Problems at the border might be greater than originally thought.
On the Pine Nut Mountains herd area, just south of the Pine Nut Mountains HMA.
Trailcam image from 02/18/18. Temperature 26 °F, elevation 6500 ft.
Video from 2015. Probably not ideal, but you gotta smile.
Inspired by Ian Tyson’s La Primera, a track on his 1999 album Lost Herd.
Yeah, roughly half of the horses under BLM administration are there.
Maps of HAs and HMAs in Nevada.
Not sure of the difference between herd areas and herd management areas? Go watch the presentation by John Ruhs at this post. Pay attention to the remarks beginning at 0:08:30.
Example of a band leader chasing away an unwanted visitor. Filmed on the Pine Nut Mountains herd area. Follow the action at the Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates FB page.
Forecast for the Virginia Range, Tue 02/20/18, courtesy of Highland Ranches POA.
Better stock up on PZP in case the five degree temperatures don’t kill off enough of the youngsters and oldsters.
Code word for ‘diversity’ on the range.
However, the goal is not variety of inhabitants. It’s about reducing the influence of certain ‘undesirable’ elements in the population.
You know, like straight white men. No, wait a minute…wild horses and burros.
Not that you hate horses and burros. Just the things they represent.
Family, freedom, self-reliance, mobility, autonomy, virility.
You’ll need some metrics to promote awareness of the ‘problem.’
Give them nice names, such as ‘appropriate management levels.’
Values can be assigned to the metrics by tables of random numbers or lightning bolts from Mt. Olympus. These numbers establish limits on the size of the population segments. If their size goes beyond the AMLs, corrective actions will be taken.
Other segments in the population have no limits. Especially if they were placed on the range from other ‘areas.’
You need to be more welcoming and inclusive.
P.S. Would like to see the folks over at Maggie’s Farm rethink their position on the subject.
Another example of repairs to underground PVC pipe. The leak was at a 2″ 45 degree elbow above the one you see in the photo. Only the soil held the pieces together.
As shown in the photo, you can join any two pieces of pipe with three elbows.
The first Q&A period closes on 02/19/18, see sections 5 and 6 in the RFP.
Given that most of the lands grazed by the VR horses are privately owned, why isn’t there a requirement for working with property owners on issues like liability and consent?
Related: Comments on RFP for VR Horses.
They may not hold water but they’ll carry hay.
Your horses are not in stalls, right?
Example of horses returned to the range after a roundup, at/near White Mountain HMA.
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